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DUANE A. ROSS. OF NEWPORT, NEW YORK. Lettcrs Patent No. 64,908, datedMay 21, 1867.

IMPROVED SKATE FASTENING.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DUANE A. Boss, of Newport, in the county (ifHerkimer, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Device for Fastening Skates to the boot or shoe of theuser; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1represents a top plan of one of the skates with the top plate removed toshow the interior mechanism.

Figure 2 represents a side elevation of the skate and Figure 3represents a top plan of one of the skates with the top plate or coverin place.

Similar letters of reference where they occur in the separate figuresdenote like parts of the skate in all of the drawings.

, I am aware that skates have been devised which are fastened to thefoot of the user without straps. Thisof course I do not claim. Myinvention relates to an arrangement of thumb-screw at the end of theskate, with the heel and sole clamps, so that either or both sets oftheclamps may be tightened up at pleasure.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

The skate-runner A, may be made or shaped in any of the usual well-knownways and the frame B, upon which the foot of the user rests or issupported, is made of metal, and connected to the runner by standards C.For tlie purpose of lightness the frame and standards may be wrought orcast in open work. Underneath what may be termed the shank portion ofthe frame-there is cast or formed a case or'box, D, for enclosing, inconnec tion with a cover or top plate, B, the screws or screw-rods a b,and their nuts and attachments respectively, for operating the clamps cat the ball or sole of the foot, and those, d, atthe heel, as follows:Upon the end of the screw-rod a and at the heel of the skate, there is athumb nut, e, by which said rod may be-turned. At the forward end ofsaid rod there is a screw-thread cut ,,upon which a n ut,f, is made torun, the screw-rod being prevented from moving lengthwise by suitablecollars or other restraining'devices. Connected to the nutfare the twocurved piecesg g, which terminate in clamps c at each side of the skatewhere the ball or wide part of the foot rests and is supported upon theskate. By turning the thumb-nut e, the clamps may be tightly drawn up toor against the edge of the sole of the boot 0r shoe, or releasedtherefrom at pleasure, the face of the clamps next to the sole beingroughened to prevent them from slippingor yielding. The rod a passesthrough a hollow shaft, rod, or sleeve, 6, upon which shaft ascrew-thread is cut for running a nut, k, which works the two arcs orcurved arms z'z'that terminate in clamps d d. On the end of the shaft,rod, or sleeve 6, there is a thumb-nut, k, by -which it may be turned,and when turned it draws the clamps d d tight up against the heel of theboot or shoe, and a reversed-operation moves the clamps away from theheel to release the skate. The clamp d that works against the shoulderof the heel of the boot or shoe next the shank may be stationary, as infig. 2, or connected to the nut h, and movable with said nut, as in fig.3. The object in encasing the screw-rods, nuts, and curved arms foroperating the clamps is to prevent the snow, ice, or water from injuringthem. The

clamping-platesn may be pivoted to the arms 01 so as to accommodatethemselves to the varied shape of boot or shoe heels.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the screw-rods a b with the sole and hcel-clamps, andwith the thumb-nuts e k, for

the purpose of fastening or detaching the skate to or from the boot orshoe, substantially as described.

I also claim encasing the screw-rods, nuts, audcurved arms,substantially as herein described, to prevent them from injury by snow,ice, water, or other causes, substantiallyas described.

I also claim hinging the clamp-plates n to the clamp-arms d, forthepurpose of adapting the clamping surface to'the varied shapes or tapersof the heels of boots or shoes, substantially as described.

DUANE A. ROSS. Witnesses:

STANDISH J. BARRY, JoH'N N. SANDERS.

-J. G. ROUX.

COTTON 0R HAY PRESS.

. No. 4,909. Patentd May 21, 1867.

